Manager - Terminal Compliance, Risk, and Quality

About the role

The primary function is to own compliance, regulatory reporting, and product quality at Canal Terminal Company, and to identify and advise on the compliance and product risks present in terminal operations and in new business. The position maintains the terminal's permits, environmental programs, registrations, response plans, and regulatory reporting; leads environmental and quality incident investigations and corrective actions; owns the Product Quality Management program; and advises and reports on sustainability performance in conjunction with corporate. In new business, the position evaluates the regulatory and product risk presented by each opportunity and provides a documented recommendation to proceed or decline. The position defines the risks to be mitigated and provides them to the project management function, which determines how they are addressed in system design and project cost. Risk management discipline is critical in the position. The ability to identify, characterize, prioritize, and mitigate risk is applied across every accountability described below, and much of the resulting work is project oriented and managed as such. This is a site resident position in Channahon, IL. Success depends on being present in the terminal to respond and react as events occur, and the position is expected to be available to the operation on that basis. Its accountabilities further depend on sustained physical presence and detailed working knowledge of all storage and handling operations for 39 tanks, with inbound and outbound modes of barge, rail, and truck, as well as packaging into totes and drums, and laboratory operations.

Responsibilities

• Own the terminal's regulatory compliance position across environmental, transportation, security, product, and facility requirements, and ensure that every permit, registration, program, and plan required for compliant operation is in place, current, and adhered to.
• Determine regulatory applicability for terminal operations and for changes to them, monitor regulatory and industry developments, and translate new obligations into terminal requirements.
• Own the compliance calendar and the systems that ensure no obligation, permit condition, inspection, or submission lapses.
• Ensure ongoing CTC Responsible Care Partner certification.
• Serve as Responsible Care Coordinator and represent CTC with relevant industry and trade bodies.
• Own all periodic and event driven reporting to regulatory agencies, and the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of what the terminal submits.
• Own the terminal's compliance and incident records, including the integrity of the data held in the systems of record and the retention of documentation, so that CTC's compliance position is auditable at any time.
• Deliver compliance and quality metrics and trends to the Vice President of Terminal Services and present reports to the management team through the Quarterly Review cycle.
• Own the terminal's audit programs, including internal, customer, and third-party audits as well as compliance with certifications and standards.
• Serve as the terminal's point of contact with regulatory agencies, and manage applications, inspections, information requests, and enforcement correspondence.
• Own the terminal’s air